Stacey Abrams: “50% of the Department of Education is gone.”

“You crush people and their dreams, but you also stop their access to basic functions that they've gotten used to. On my podcast this week, we're talking with teachers because 50% of the Department of Education is gone. and families are about to experience how hard it is to get an IEP for your child with special needs, because the people who would process that or force the school system to abide by that no longer have jobs.” (14:38–14:42)

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